Method of playing a card game

Abstract

A card game permitting two or more players age seven to adult to participate in twenty six hands of play. Play begins with a hand of 13 cards, then 12 cards, 11 cards, and continues backwards until only one card is dealt. Play would then progress upwards from one card to thirteen before the game ends. Players earn points through a system of bidding and taking tricks which are all entered on individual score cards (Refer to FIG. 16). The player obtaining the most points is declared the winner.

I claim: 
     
       1. A method of playing a card game with a plurality of players comprising the steps of: a) providing a deck of 56 cards, 52 of the cards of the deck having a suit indicia, dividing said 52 cards into four different suits, said 52 cards having a numerical indicia wherein each suit having 13 cards numbered from 1 to 13 respectively, said deck of 56 cards further comprising 4 wild cards distinguishable from said 52 cards;   b) beginning a round by dealing a first hand of 13 cards to each player;   c) placing the remaining undealt cards in a pile face down in a central area;   d) each player bidding on a number of tricks they believe may be taken with their hand;   e) a player beginning a trick by playing a lead card wherein the player removing a card of any number of any suit from the player's hand and placing it face up in the central area, then each of the other players in turn playing one card from their hand following suit of the lead card if possible, after each player has played a card, the player that played a card with the highest numerical value of the same suit as the lead card, takes a trick by taking all the cards played;   f) repeating step e) until each player has played all the cards in their hand and all the tricks have been taken;   g) completing the round by calculating and recording each player's score by recording each player's bid and recording each player's tricks taken;   h) beginning another round by dealing a hand of cards to each player, the number of cards dealt in each player's hand being one less than the number of cards dealt to each player's hand in the previous round;   I) repeating steps c) through h) until the 13th round, wherein a hand of only one card is dealt to each player, is completed, then;   j) beginning another round by dealing a hand of only one card to each player, and repeating steps c) through g), then;   k) beginning another round by dealing a hand of cards to each player, the number of cards dealt in each player's hand being one more than the number of cards dealt to each player's hand in the previous round, and repeating steps c) through g) and k) until the 26th round, wherein a hand of 13 cards are dealt to each player, is completed, then;   l) totaling the scores of each player in all 26 rounds to determine a winner.